Takeaways

1. How to create an Entertainment Technology Academy at a high school which combines Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) with the Arts to give students not only the skills but also the creativity they will need to thrive in the new global digital workplace?
2. How to create a Media Center at your school that is modeled after the YOUmedia Center at the Chicago Public Library? In this creative learning space, students are able to hang out and geek out with supplemental learning tools such as: a sound studio, a video production studio, iPads, and laptops. What inexpensive ways are there to have mentors in your media center?
3. How do you implement a SMALLab in a school to enhance teaching and learning? What is a SMALLab? A SMALLab is a place where learning becomes a physical experience where students interact with a motion-capture technology allowing them to become immersed in the learning. How do you create an Embodied Learning Lab in your school to enhance teaching and learning using the Kinect System? Students will experience a multi- sensory approach to learning material using this technology.